He also achieved a landmark feat of training a winner at every British racecourse – with the exception of recent additions Great Leighs and Ffos Las.

Haslam first took out a trainer's licence in 1972 and retired in 2010, when his son assumed control of Castle Hill Stables.

Ben Haslam, his son, said on Sunday: "He was fighting an illness for a long time and passed away yesterday.

"He was a very shrewd trainer. He had a lot of bad horses, but it was all about winning with what you had, and he did that so successfully.

"He also had many good ones, though, and Kinnaird was a great horse.

"He bought her very cheaply at the breeze-ups and she ended up winning the May Hill and then the Prix de l'Opera – she would have the biggest spot in terms of achievements.

"King Revo was also an important winner for him. He always wanted to train a winner at Cheltenham and when AP (McCoy) won on him, that completed the full set of training winners at all the racecourses in Britain.